#weekendread — Public Fediverse posts

Our #WeekendRead 🤓

From terrorism to malicious drones to sudden violence, threats are evolving fast. How is the EU responding?

The #EUfunded POP-ART project uses AI to detect threats early and guide officers in real time. Worth a read 👇

EU Home Affairs (@EUHomeAffairs)

Threats are evolving, from terrorism, malicious drones to sudden violence. Police and security teams need faster, smarter tools to spot the danger.

#EUfunded project POP-ART Project uses AI to detect threats early and guide officers in real time ➡️link.europa.eu/tcDCwD

— https://nitter.net/EUHomeAffairs/status/2052286056968372366#m
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AI & virtual reality are changing how performing arts are created & experienced.

The EU-funded @PremiereEu project used AI & VR to help preserve performances, enable remote rehearsals & make theatre & dance more accessible across Europe.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/pCTYRv
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"This kingdom will not kill me" by Ilona Andrews... holy wow with a fantalicious on top! Do not, I repeat, DO NOT start reading this book if you have any pressing plans. It is epic and it will trap you deep in its vortex. #IlonaAndrews #fantasy #weekendread

Building a more trustworthy connected world.

The @eratosthenesprj project developed a framework to embed trust, identity and security into connected devices like cars, medical sensors and factory machines from the start.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/tf9Ntc
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Our #WeekendRead 🤓@Europol's IOCTA 2026 is out.

Ransomware, AI-powered fraud, crypto laundering, child sexual exploitation online.

The threats are getting faster and more sophisticated. Law enforcement is struggling to keep up.

🔗 Read it here: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/europol-published-report-latest-trends-cybercrime-landscape-2026-04-29_en
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New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.

This New Yorker article asks — Should We?

https://archive.md/6wKhx

#WeekendRead #NewYorker #Dreams #Sleep #Learning #Productivity

New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.

This New Yorker article asks — Should We?

https://archive.md/6wKhx

#WeekendRead #NewYorker #Dreams #Sleep #Learning #Productivity

New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.

This New Yorker article asks — Should We?

https://archive.md/6wKhx

#WeekendRead #NewYorker #Dreams #Sleep #Learning #Productivity

New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.

This New Yorker article asks — Should We?

https://archive.md/6wKhx

#WeekendRead #NewYorker #Dreams #Sleep #Learning #Productivity

New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming.

This New Yorker article asks — Should We?

https://archive.md/6wKhx

#WeekendRead #NewYorker #Dreams #Sleep #Learning #Productivity

Girls in Europe lead in digital skills, but not in coding.

In 2025, girls aged 16–19 outperformed the general population in most content creation skills. But only 10% had written code, compared to nearly 20% of boys.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/GjfTdG
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Digital tech is reshaping everything from grief to governance.

EU-backed @EUCHANSE projects explored how digital tools are changing daily life, from AI avatars altering how we experience death to constant connectivity blurring work & home.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/74RQmp
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Almost 9 in 10 young Europeans are on social media.

In 2025, 89.3% of 16–29-year-olds in the EU used social networks, compared to 67.3% overall.

Usage exceeded 90% in 19 countries, led by Cyprus, Czechia and Denmark.

#WeekendRead: https://link.europa.eu/XgvJrK
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🌌Space is getting crowded. Can we keep it safe?

As satellite numbers surge, researchers are exploring new ways to manage space traffic, reduce debris & ensure Earth’s orbit remains usable for future missions.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/KWmKC6
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Taylor cuts through propaganda from East and West. The wall was not just evil concrete. It was desperation in three dimensions. It was fear you could touch.
#Books #ColdWarReality #HistoricalTruth #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall/

Robots are learning from factory workers.

Czech startup RoboTwin is developing tools that let factory workers teach robots through simple demonstrations, reducing the need for coding and making automation faster & more accessible.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/GN6k7k
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Using AI to detect AI?

Nearly 2 in 3 Europeans encounter fake news weekly.

The EU-funded @ai4mediaproject Is developing AI tools to detect and analyse disinformation.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/3KCB8J
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https://nitter.net/DigitalEU/status/2040725128909095218#m

Charles #Trevelyan: The #controversial civil servant who shaped #Ireland’s great #famine
A compelling look at Charles Trevelyan, the British civil servant whose policies shaped Ireland’s Great Famine
#IrishHistory #GreatFamine #CharlesTrevelyan #HistoricalFeature #WeekendRead #Ireland1845 #ColonialHistory #HistoryMatters #IrishDiaspora #EuropeanHistory
https://juskosave.blogspot.com/2026/04/charles-trevelyan-controversial-civil.html

Is AI taking jobs in Europe? Not quite yet.

An @ecb survey of 5,000 European companies found that 2 in 3 reported that their employees use AI, and these companies were about 4% more likely to hire additional staff.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/NyNpNK
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✈️When a plane flies over the ocean, the pilot can lose radio contact for up to 6 minutes at a time.

The EU-funded initiative ECHOES proved that satellite-based VHF communication can keep pilots and air traffic control in real-time contact.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/xYkqtD
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🦀 #WeekendRead for #rustlang folks

What makes a good hardware API in embedded Rust @thejpster shares practical insights from working on bare metal platforms – and where API design can introduce friction for developers.

A must-read if you’re building or using embedded Rust platforms: https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/hardware-access-rust/

🌱Energy app helps communities boost their own green power.

Researchers created the EU-funded @AURORA_H2020 app to let citizens track emissions and invest in local solar projects, helping communities cut carbon and support renewable power.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/kYqq7w
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Smart tech is recharging rural Europe.

@AURORAL_H2020, an EU-funded project bringing together 25 partners across 10 countries, built a shared digital backbone to help rural communities connect, share data and deliver smarter local services.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/cNyf7n
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Weekend read

Métal Hurlant n°11 (November 1976)

Cover art by Chris Foss. Featuring: Exterminateur 17 by Bilal and Dionnet, L'Univers est bien petit and Le Garage Hermetik by Mœbius, L'Herbe Noire by Nicole Claveloux, Vuzz by Druillet, Polonius by Picaret and Tardi.

#MétalHurlant #ChrisFoss #EnkiBilal #JeanPierreDionnet #Mœbius #NicoleClaveloux #Vuzz #PhilippeDruillet #JacquesTardi #Polonius #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Weekend read

Métal Hurlant n°11 (November 1976)

Cover art by Chris Foss. Featuring: Exterminateur 17 by Bilal and Dionnet, L'Univers est bien petit and Le Garage Hermetik by Mœbius, L'Herbe Noire by Nicole Claveloux, Vuzz by Druillet, Polonius by Picaret and Tardi.

#MétalHurlant #ChrisFoss #EnkiBilal #JeanPierreDionnet #Mœbius #NicoleClaveloux #Vuzz #PhilippeDruillet #JacquesTardi #Polonius #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Weekend read

Métal Hurlant n°11 (November 1976)

Cover art by Chris Foss. Featuring: Exterminateur 17 by Bilal and Dionnet, L'Univers est bien petit and Le Garage Hermetik by Mœbius, L'Herbe Noire by Nicole Claveloux, Vuzz by Druillet, Polonius by Picaret and Tardi.

#MétalHurlant #ChrisFoss #EnkiBilal #JeanPierreDionnet #Mœbius #NicoleClaveloux #Vuzz #PhilippeDruillet #JacquesTardi #Polonius #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Weekend read

Métal Hurlant n°11 (November 1976)

Cover art by Chris Foss. Featuring: Exterminateur 17 by Bilal and Dionnet, L'Univers est bien petit and Le Garage Hermetik by Mœbius, L'Herbe Noire by Nicole Claveloux, Vuzz by Druillet, Polonius by Picaret and Tardi.

#MétalHurlant #ChrisFoss #EnkiBilal #JeanPierreDionnet #Mœbius #NicoleClaveloux #Vuzz #PhilippeDruillet #JacquesTardi #Polonius #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Weekend read

Métal Hurlant n°11 (November 1976)

Cover art by Chris Foss. Featuring: Exterminateur 17 by Bilal and Dionnet, L'Univers est bien petit and Le Garage Hermetik by Mœbius, L'Herbe Noire by Nicole Claveloux, Vuzz by Druillet, Polonius by Picaret and Tardi.

#MétalHurlant #ChrisFoss #EnkiBilal #JeanPierreDionnet #Mœbius #NicoleClaveloux #Vuzz #PhilippeDruillet #JacquesTardi #Polonius #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

🚜 Could tech help reduce the environmental impact of agriculture?

The EU-funded @Econutri30 project is developing new technologies to cut nutrient pollution from fertilisers and manure, helping farmers recover valuable nutrients.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/vfdjgy
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EU-UK research ties are shaping safer and greener tech.

Since 🇬🇧 rejoined @HorizonEU in 2024, European researchers have teamed with UK partners on projects like automated vehicles, machines that can see like humans, and greener medicines.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/vDMQTQ
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Having wires in your body isn’t ideal.

🧠That’s why META-BRAIN, an EU-funded initiative, took a different approach. Using nanotechnology and ultrasound, neurologists are finding wireless ways to interact with our brains.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/bxyKHj
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🌌In 2019, strange gravitational waves from space were picked up on Earth.

It is possible that dark matter particles make tiny distortions in space and time. NewFunFiCO, an EU-funded initiative, is looking for answers.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/x4qDdD
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I never used Twitter for research, but this was still a very interesting read about a tool that was quite important in my life for a while
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517261419333

"calls for open data and the FAIRness of research can only work when possible legal constraints are considered and resolved"

#WeekendRead #ResearchEthics

🌊Oceans absorb a third of our CO2 emissions.

The process should become much clearer thanks to GEORGE. This EU-funded project is developing the world’s first autonomous sensor for measuring total ocean alkalinity.

#WeekendRead: http://link.europa.eu/FDjd7x
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💗Would you be OK with your partner flirting with a chatbot?

This Valentine’s Day might be the most high-tech one ever. Among the new dating trends are “AI situationships”: an exciting (or concerning) form of online romance.

#WeekendRead: http://tr.ee/qINcRQ
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Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Looking for a #WeekendRead?

How about my colleague's umbrella concept analysis of #loneliness identifying one necessary and sufficient characteristic:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2025.2528822

Brief comment from me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7416424211079995394/

Press release from #DundeeUni
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/press-release/loneliness-definition-could-transform-support-millions

#Psychometrics @philosophy

Tomsen shows the war's cruel math: For every fighter killed, two more joined. Their brothers. Their cousins. Their friends. You can't kill your way out of tribal revenge.
#CounterInsurgency #WarReality #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wars-of-afghanistan/

Tomsen shows the war's cruel math: For every fighter killed, two more joined. Their brothers. Their cousins. Their friends. You can't kill your way out of tribal revenge.
#CounterInsurgency #WarReality #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/wars-of-afghanistan/

Before the wall, 3.5 million East Germans walked to freedom. One-fifth of a country emptied itself. The bleeding had to stop. Communist leaders built their prison from concrete.
#HistoricalNonFiction #EuropeanHistory #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall/

Before the wall, 3.5 million East Germans walked to freedom. One-fifth of a country emptied itself. The bleeding had to stop. Communist leaders built their prison from concrete.
#HistoricalNonFiction #EuropeanHistory #WeekendRead
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall/

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Tardi's robot eating Hergé's rocket: an iconoclast cover for the issue N°9 of Métal Hurlant, published September 1976⚡

#MétalHurlant #JacquesTardi #Hergé #Tardi #Tintin #robot #rocket #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #Humanos #iconoclast #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics

Weekend read: Métal Hurlant n°44

September 1979. Cover art by Gir (Mœbius). Includes awesome works by Serge Clerc, Denis Sire, Jeronaton, Michel Crespin, Lob+Pichard, Daniel Ceppi. And the first adventure of Jim Cutlass, by the creators of Blueberry, Gir and Charlier.

#MétalHurlant #Moebius #Mœbius #SergeClerc #DenisSire #Jeronaton #MichelCrespin #DanielCeppi #western #fantasy #scifi #art #MetalHurlant #JimCutlass #Humanos #HumanoïdesAssociés #WeekendRead #read #reader #reading #comics